Comments
Loading Dream Comments...
You must be logged in to write a comment - Log In
An oil painting in the style of Teodorico Quirós. The subject is a traditional Costa Rican oxcart—painted in the Sarchí style—drawn by a pair of black-and-white oxen. Walking ahead of the cart is a barefoot ox-herder with Latin American features, wearing a humble hat and carrying a goad to guide the oxen. The cart's bed is piled high with firewood, and a boy of about six is seated atop the load. In the middle ground, there is a whitewashed, colonial-style adobe house with a tiled roof and a blue baseboard. In the background, the mountains of Escazú are visible as they appeared from San José, Costa Rica, in the late 19th century. It is a spring-like day with a nearly cloudless cyan sky. A few black-and-white Holstein cows and one brown cow can be seen grazing. There are red-and-white painted wooden fences. A man riding a *criollo* horse travels with two metal milk cans, one hanging on each side of the animal.